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The Tamiya 1/48 P-38F/G kit has the markings for the plane you're looking for, I think the plane Rex Barber flew on the mission was named Miss Virginia. It's olive drab over neutral gray, and comes with the large fuel tank that was used to fly this long range mission from Guadalcanal.

Great page of photos! 32048 was Captain Harry Sears aircraft, he was the commander of VB-104 for the first tour in 1943. What book did this come from? Looks to be continued on the next page, I wonder if they talked about adding ball turrets or radar pods, as both may have been added at North...

Excellent! Whit's Shits is the plane I'm going to model. Perhaps they added the ball turret the same time that they installed the Erco in the nose.

Thanks I have that book, will double check it this weekend!

Looking for information on PB4Y-1 Liberators used by VB-104 on Guadalcanal in 1943. I'm looking to build a model of PB4Y-1 bureau # 32081, B-24D-90-CO, AF serial number 42-40726. Question is, I know that the VB-104 aircraft had the Erco turrets installed in the extended nose, but I have been...

I recently finished the Eduard kit, and added the Brassin sets for engine, cockpit and gun bays. Painted in markings for WE Rawie, VF-6 as flown on 1 February 1942. He scored the first victory of WW2 by a Navy fighter pilot over Japanese aircraft on a raid over the Marshall Islands. I...

1/48 Mitsubishi zuisei engine for A6M1 prototype. Used Vector resin engine and cut off rocker covers so it will fit in the Hasegawa cowling. Added .010 styrene push rods, will need to add spark plug wires to finish it up. Dave

Here's the Eduard Brassin cockpit for their 1/48 F4F-3 Wildcat. Out of the box so far. Dave

Currently working on Eduard 1/48 F6F-5 kit. Using a bunch of resin aftermarket and some 3d printed parts such as landing gear and rocket stubs. Folded wings from Wolfpack, cowling from Vector, and cockpit from Aries. Added bulkhead and tanks behind the seat from the Hobbyboss kit, which...

Correct, I think the panel in the center with all of the small switches was to drop the small bombs.

Those are amazing! Now to figure out a way to scratch build all of that detail for a 1/48 kit! Looks nothing like the F4U-1 cockpit other than the foot pedals!

Does anyone know of a drawing of the XF4U-1 cockpit? Especially interested in the instrument panel and side consoles, I have found a photo of the left side console but no straight on photo of the instrument panels and the console in the center with all the switches seen in the photo. It looks...

Was Neutral gray, not light gray. The Navy aircraft like the F4F Wildcat shown in one of the photos above had a light gray bottom, the neutral gray used on the B-25B with dark olive drab 41 in 1942 was a darker gray color.

No way to know for sure, but probably not. He was the proponent for getting the Thunderbolts for his 348th fighter Group, and had a strong rivalry with the P-38 pilots, supposedly he even faced off with Bong in a mock dogfight, which neither really won. Kearby's Thunderbolts by John C Stanaway...

Kearby flew the P-47D but never the P-38.